Los Angeles daily herald., 1887-04-26
DAILY HERALD,
CITY COUNCIL.
No Job in the Kuhrts
Street Bridge.
THE RAILROAD CROSSINGS.
The Street Superintendent Ordered
to Remove distractions from
the Streets.

and Messrs. Frapkenheld, kuhrts, Jones
Teed, Guss, Stearrs, Lowell, Willard
Hyans, Gibbs, Hitler, Collins, PER-
and johnson present.
After the reading Of the minutes tn
following business was transacted:
Mayor Workman said "the opening O
Mayo or Third street, eastward, is mat
Ter that should receive at this time th'
earnest attention of your honorable body
and the property owners intereated
Streets can be opened and widened now
that within the next six months, owing
to tie erection CT buildings, will be
almost impossible. l therefore recon-
mend that your honorable body call
q meeting OF the property owners
interested, in order TO get their EXPIRE sson
upon this important public improvement.
] consider the city directly interested in
getting streets opened and widened, as it
Immediately enhances the vatue of Prop.
erty and increases the revenue derived
from taxation. Your assistance in these
matters is required for the public good. J"
The recommendation for calling meet
ing was adopted and ne xt Saturday night
set as the time,
The Mayor also said, II desire 10 call
your attention at this time to the i'm
portance of widening Seventh street to
an eighty foot roadway from Main to
the western limits of the city. Seventh
street is destined to be very important
thoroughfare, and is the only one that
reaches from the eastern to the western
boundaries of the city. A double track
cable road will soon be constructed, and
the Importance of widening said sire ct
must be apparent TO all. From Main
street eastward it is now eighty feet
wide. A number of properly owners
have signified their intention Of volun.
tarily widening and with concerted
action am of the opinion the work can
be accomplished. would therefore
recommend your honorable body to call
o meetingsof the property owners inter.
ested at an early date for the purpose Of
considering the propriety OF said widen
ing. recommendation adopted and
meeting called for Friday evening.
OFFICERS REPORTS.
The City Assessor reported collections
of s99l 20. Referred to the Finance
Committee.
The Auditor reported the condition of
the various funds on April 23d. Re-
ferred to the Finance Committee.
The Superintendent, OF Streets re.
ported expenses of $5O7 during the past
week. Referred to the Finance Com
mittee.
The Zanjero reported the expenditure
ef $40 during the past week. Referred
to the Finance Committee.
UNFINISHED BUSINESS.
After recess of five minutes, during
which Col. Waripg was introduced to
the members, the matter OF the Records
franchise for street railroad from Mis-
sion and Macy street to Griffin avenue
to Patrick street, laid over from the pre-
vious meeting. came up for considera
tion. The franchise was granted and
the bond was approved.
BOARD OF PUBLIC WORKS.
Complaints in regardto the official bed
of the Los Angeles river were referred
to the City Surveyor.
The Board recommended that a deed
be accepted from H. G. Wiltshire for
forty feet off his land on the west side OF
West Lake Park, to make an eighty-foot
street to be called Park View avenue.
Adopted.
That the petition to establish the
grade of North Pearl street, from Temple
street to Bellevue avenue, be referred to
City Surveyor to secure right OF way
from owners before grade is established.
So referred.
That the City Surveyor be ordered to
stake out line for levee for Charles
Stern and Others, on Los Angeles river.
east of covered bridge. Adopted.
Recommended that a franchise be
granted Ralph Rogers and others to
build cable or horse car line from the
corner of Hoff and Chestnut streets 10
the northern boundary of the city, to be
completed within year. Adopted.
Mr.. J. X. Mulkey was allowed to with
draw his petition tor franchise.
Recommended that the grade of Dow.
ney avenue, as recommended, be adopted.
Adopted.
That the grade of Fort street be as
established. Adopted.
That e. C. Burlingame's petition to
grade Lomitas street be allowed.
Adopted.
On communication of Board of Educa.
tion for numbering Of streets and houses,
recommended that the City Surveyor
recommend a system for numbering, etc.
Adopted.
That s. j. Brummitt's petition be
denied. Adopted.
That the City Attorney draft an ordi-
nance providing that all bridges across
the Arroyo Seco be of span OF 100 feet.
Adopted.
That the electric bell alarm on San
Fernando street work satisfactorily.
Messrs. Frankentield, Hyans, Lowell and
Collins spoke against the &C eptance OF
the bell as a sufficient signal to the
public. Mr.. Frankenfeld said that to
allow the matter to exist as 1t is at pre-
sent was murder. There was no safety
he thought except the crossings De pro-
tected by bridges or gates, and ii the
city could not control the situation then
the streets should be closed.
CITY ATTORNEYS OPINION.
City Attorney Daly's opinion on the
matter was then read. 1t was as follows:
To the Honorable the Council of the city
OF Los Angeles.
The matter of the occupancy of the
streets by the railroad company, San
Fernando, Mission and portion of Ala
media streets.
By ordinance of July "a. 1878, the
Council set apart from the public high
ways of the city that portion of Alameda
street westerly from the San Pedro
depot and all of San Fernando and Mis-
sion streets to the unrescrved and unre.
stricted use of the Southern Railroad
Company. The provisos and conditions
are not important in the present consd-
Grafton. I can fiud no authority for this
act of Council, If by the terms "unre'
served and unrestricted use'' it was in
tended to divess the Council OF future
superyision and control of the streets, OF
.FI:-aa4 Aha m hlic of its rioht To The